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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING OVER HALF A MILLION IDENTITY CARDS BESIDES PERFORMING 50 000 MARRIAGES AND REGISTERING 80 000 BIRTHS, MISS DUNN SAID.
SHE SAID THE WORK LOAD ALSO REFLECTED THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE SERVICE IN CONTAINING THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: 80 000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, WITH ANOTHER 70 000 EVADING ARREST AND STAYING IN HONG KONG.
ABANDONMENT OF THE REACHED BASE+ POLICY IS PLACING A FURTHER HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE SERVICE, AND WHILE EARLY
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEW POLICY IS WORKING, +YOU MUST ASSUME THAT WE ARE ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A LONG HAUL,+ MISS DUNN TOLD THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
+TOGETHER WITH THE SECURITY FORCES, I AM CONFIDENT YOU WILL MEET THIS CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY WITH FIRMNESS, COURTESY AND KINDNESS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL, AND EVEN POLITICAL, STABILITY OF HONG KONG ITSELF IS AT STAKE,+ SHE SAID,
OPENING OF NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD ****
THE SECTION OF NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD LEADING FROM THE OLD ROAD, NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH ANDERSON ROAD, TO SHUN LEE TSUEN ROAD WILL BE OPENED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP AND NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL COME INTO OPERATION AT THE JUNCTION OF OLD/NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD NEAR ANDERSON ROAD AND AT THE JUNCTION OF NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD WITH LEE ON ROAD,
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OPENING OF THIS ROAD SECTION WILL PROVIDE A NEW LINK FROM SAI KUNG VIA SHUN LEE TSUEN TO KWUN TONG. AT THE SAME TIME, MOTOR ISTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD IN ADDITION TO THE OLD ROAD.
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